Gentle on Corals, Tough on Parasites & Hitchhikers

Great preventative protocol for dipping newly acquired corals, treating infected colonies and quarantining coral. Most reef tank owners do not have access to well designed quarantine systems as they are expensive and time consuming. Many times this leads to significant losses brought on by infestations. Dipping your corals in CoralRx provides a quick, safe, and effective solution to minimize those risks.

Independently TestedCoral Rx was independently tested by Andrew Lynford, M.S. in Biology from Hofstra University. This investigation attempted to quantify the efficacy of three chemical flatworm controls: Flatworm Exit, Coral Rx and Povidone. His research is available in a featured article published in Advanced Aquarist, April 2009. Below are excerpts of his findings:

Quarantining corals and live rock with coral dips is the best way to deal with marine flatworms because it prevents their introduction, and circumvents the problems associated with convolutrilobid toxin release.

Harvesting coral reef taxa (species) to replace livestock lost through convolutriloba toxin release is environmentally costly, and should be prevented by using coral dips.

Coral Rx removes many of the “hard to deal with” coral pests like Acropora-Eating Flatworms, Montipora-Eating Nudibranchs and Zoanthid-Eating Nudibranchs.

Coral Rx should not be used on fish, shrimp, crabs, snails, clams or other invertebrates. We have not tested CoralRx’s effectiveness on Acropora Red Bugs.

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Directions – Dosage per gallon of dip

CoralRX One Shot instructions: Step 1 - Pour one gallon of water from your aquarium into a bowl or bucket.

Step 2 - Add the whole vial of CoralRx One Shot to the bowl or bucket.

Step 3 - Shake you coral in CoralRx solution for five to ten minutes.

Step 4 - Rinse with clean saltwater and return to tank.

Coral Rx: 20ml or 4 capfuls

Coral Rx Pro: 30 drops

Coral Rx Industrial: 10 drops

Shake bottle of Coral Rx. Add dosage as stated above based on product purchased to 1 gallon (3.8 liters) of saltwater from aquarium. Mix well. Using a small power head, keep the water moving and place coral in the coral dip. If you do not have a power head, gently shake coral in the coral dip. Keep coral in the coral dip for 5 – 10 minutes. After 5 – 10 minutes, remove coral and discard the coral dip. Do not reuse the coral dip as parasite may release toxins. Rinse coral with clean saltwater and return to aquarium. Do not add Coral Rx directly into aquarium.